NEGOTIATING GOING ON. Devin: SO THE STORM DAMAGE AND PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO LINGER. Ruth: A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON A CITY BLOCK IN ROYAL OAK ARE REALLY ANGRY AND FEARFUL, THIS AFTER THE CITY COMMISSION CLEARED THE WAY FOR SEMI TRUCKS TO TEMPORARILY USE THEIR RESIDENTIAL STREETS. WHILE ONLY A FEW ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED, OTHERS ARE WORRIED IT COULD LEAD TO 18-WHEELERS TURNING THEIR QUIET STREET INTO A THOROUGHFARE. GUY GORDON HAS MORE FROM ROYAL OAK. YOU DON'T MOVE TO A HOUSE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA TO HAVE TRUCKS GO BY EVERY DAY. Guy: FOR THE MOMENT TRUCKS ENTERING AND LEAVING ROYAL OAK RECYCLING ARE NOT ALLOWED ON KNOLL STREET, BUT THESE SIGNS WILL SOON COME DOWN. THEY BACK UP, RECEIVE PERMISSION ALLOWING THE SEMIS TO TURN DOWN KNOLLS AND GO AROUND THE BLOCK TO ACCESS THE EAST HARRISON ENTRANCE, BUT THAT TAKES THEM PAST HIS HOME, BREAKING WHAT HE CALLS A LONG-STANDING PROMISE IN THE CITY MASTER PLAN TO KEEP THIS AREA FREE OF INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC. PROBABLY A HUNDRED PLUS TRUCKS A DAY, SEMI. Guy: THAT'S WHAT YOU FEAR? YEAH. Guy: AND THEY PROMISED NOT TO DO THAT? THAT'S RIGHT. Guy: THE BUSINESS HAS DONE WITHOUT THE DETOURS FOR DECADES, AS CUSTOMERS INCREASE, THERE ARE MORE BACK-UPS AND THEY NEED TO REDUCE THE CONGESTION TO THE WEST. IT'S SAFER BECAUSE TRUCKS WILL NOT BE STACKED UP ON HUDSON WITH THE CHANCE OF THE TRAIN TRACKS COMING DOWN. Guy: OTHER NEIGHBORS SAY THIS SIX-MONTH TEST OF NEW RULES MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE SOME OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE IGNORING THE OLD ONES AND SAY THEIR TRANQUILLITY IS FREQUENTLY BROKEN EARLY IN THE MORNING BY RUMBLING TRACTOR-TRAILERS. THEY GO PRETTY FAST. I'M SCARED THEY'RE GONNA HIT MY POWER LINES THAT ARE LOW. Guy: THEY WANT THE CITY TO BOOST ENFORCEMENT AND CONSIDER THE CHANGE. THE MAYOR OF ROYAL OAK IS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF ROYAL OAK RECYCLING, THOUGH WE SHOULD POINT OUT EVEN IF THE MAYOR HAD RECUSED HIMSELF FROM MONDAY'S

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